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Herrera's academic interests encompass community economic development, experiential education, clinical legal education, law firm incubators, professional responsibility, social justice, ethics, entrepreneurship, and community development with a focus on Latinos. Notable publications include "Training Lawyer-Entrepreneurs," Denver University Law Review (2011, 51 citations); "Rethinking Private Attorney Involvement through a Low Bono Lens," Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review (2009, 51 citations); "The Emerging Legal Architecture for Social Justice" (with Louise G. Trubek), NYU Review of Law & Social Change (2020); "The Network for Justice: Pursuing a Latinx Civil Rights Agenda" (with Pilar Margarita Hernández Escontrias), Harvard Latinx Law Review (2018); and "Challenging a Tradition of Exclusion: The History of an Unheard Story at Harvard Law School," Harvard Latino Law Review (2002). Among her awards are the Hispanic National Bar Foundation Academic Leadership Award (2015), Notre Dame Law School’s Graciela Olivarez Award (2014), ABA Journal's Top 25 Legal Rebels (2009), and Harvard Law School's Gary Bellow Public Service Award (2005). She co-directs the American Bar Foundation’s Network for Justice and has chaired the ABA Special Committee on Hispanic Legal Rights & Responsibilities.